Table 1 Adoption of OPR by discipline group over time
From: Open peer review: promoting transparency in open science
Discipline group | Year of first OPR journal | # of OPR journals in first year | Total | Percentage of all OPR journals (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical & health sciences | 2001 | 36 | 258 | 41.8 |
Natural sciences | 2001 | 1 | 235 | 38.1 |
Social sciences | 2001 | 1 | 50 | 8.1 |
Technology | 2008 | 1 | 53 | 8.6 |
Multidisciplinary | 2012 | 2 | 14 | 2.3 |
Humanities | 2017 | 1 | 7 | 1.1 |
Total | 617 | 100.0 |